http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/ SecureAspects.com en-us Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:35:00 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Secure Aspects Group L.L.C Forum for High Risk Security Contractors ! News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/images/logo.gif http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/ http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=89.html BAE Systems to buy Florida firm for $4.14 billion Washington Business Journal - 1:35 PM EDT Monday, May 7, 2007 by Neil Adler Staff Reporters BAE Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire another defense contractor, Armor Holdings, for a price that includes $4.14 billion in cash. Rockville-based BAE Systems, the U.S. subsidiary of London-based BAE Systems plc, agreed to purchase Jacksonville, Fla.-based Armor Holdings for $88 per share. Stock in Armor Holdings (NYSE: AH) opened Monday at $85.80 per share. Including the assumption of $388 million in debt, the transaction is valued at approximately $4.53 billion, according to BAE Systems. Armor Holdings, which has more than 8,000 workers worldwide, manufactures tactical wheeled vehicles and also provides vehicle and individual armor systems for the military, law enforcement and commercial security businesses. The acquisition, subject to approval by Armor Holdings shareholders, is expected to close in the third quarter. Armor Holdings' aerospace and defense group is based in Arlington. The number of people in that division couldn't be immediately determined. BAE Systems employs about 6,500 people locally. Company officials say they don't foresee layoffs at Armor Holdings. The proposed acquisition will strengthen BAE Systems' position in the land-systems arena, company officials say. The integration of Armor Holdings into BAE Systems' land and armaments sector is expected to increase the British company's U.S. sales by more than $3 billion. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:35:00 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=88.html On January 20th the Iraqi resistance shot down a Blackhawk helicopter killing thirteen American soldiers. Three days later, just hours before Bush would give his State of the Union address, a Little Bird helicopter was shot down, killing five more Americans—but this incident didn’t make nearly the amount of news as the former. While the five men died in combat, they were not members of the US military. They were employees of Blackwater USA, the shining star in a new breed of corporation specializing in private soldiers—also known as mercenaries. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:46 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=87.html found this on iraqsloggers.com How-to Video Describes Attacks on US Armor Militants Release Online Instructional Video Posted 2 hr. 12 min. ago A “how-to” video on attacking US armored vehicles has been released online by the Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni militant group. The 26-minute video features profiles of different armored vehicles that the US has used in Iraq, including the Meercat, Cougar, Buffalo, and RG-31, which are used especially to clear IEDs and mines. This is apparently the first how-to video released online by the Islamic State of Iraq, and is a symbol of the degree of technical study in assessing the different vehicles and their weak points. The video, entitled "Hunters of Minesweepers: Vol. 1" combines official US footage, along with technical specifications, interviews with militant fighters and leaders, and videos of attacks against armored vehicles in the field. Of course, the video is also a public relations move designed to increase the appearance of weakness of US forces and the appearance of invincibility of the militants associated with the Islamic State of Iraq. The increasing technical expertise of the militant groups in attacking US armored vehicles might explain why the US is interested in trying out Israeli-made Golan armored vehicles. However, one wonders if the "Hunters of Minesweepers: Vol. 2" will include a chapter on the Golan. WARNING: The video features attacks against US military vehicles, and includes video footage of the occupants thrown violently from the vehicles. Some viewers may find some of the video’s content disturbing. A 9.5MB version of the 26-minute video is available for download here: (Opens with RealPlayer.) Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:16:47 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=86.html 7 Men Down in the Field Body: 7 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 12 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military reported the deaths of seven more soldiers Saturday, while Sunni insurgent bombers struck yet another market in a predominantly Shiite district, killing at least 13 people in their bid to terrorize Baghdad days before a U.S.-Iraqi military crackdown. The latest market attack capped a week in which more than 150 people, mostly Shiites, were slain in bomb attacks. Death squads, believed to be primarily Shiite militiamen, continued their butchery on the other side of Iraq's deepening sectarian divide, with police reporting the discovery of 40 bodies dumped in Baghdad alone. Two of the victims were women and most of the bodies showed signs of torture, police said. In all, at least 61 victims of Iraq's sectarian warfare were killed or found dead across the country. Of the seven service members reported dead on Saturday, two died in Diyala province northeast of the capital on Friday, three in an unspecified location north of Baghad on Saturday and two in east Baghdad on Thursday. The latest reported deaths raised to at least 3,079 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,471 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military. U.S. airstrikes killed 14 insurgents and destroyed a safe house for foreign fighters during a raid south of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. Two suspects were captured, the military said. The Americans said the raid had targeted a foreigner they believed responsible for a series of attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces in the extremely violent Baqouba region. The military there has been caught in the midst of some of the bloodiest sectarian fighting of the war. Saturday's bombings employed what has become a classic insurgent tactic. First a suicide car bomber drove into the crowded market stalls in the busy New Baghdad commercial area shortly after noon, then detonated his explosives among the stores and kiosks selling food, clothes, household appliances and birds. As people rushed to help the victims, a parked car bomb exploded. The 13 killed included two policemen; four officers were among the 42 wounded, police said. Burned-out hulks of cars and vans littered the market. A bag of fruit lay in the twisted metal on the bloody pavement. Farooq Haitham, the 33-year-old owner of a watch repair shop, said the area had been targeted by bombers before but shopkeepers had no choice but to keep opening their doors. "What can we do? We want to live. We need the money so we come to work," Haitham said. It was the latest in a series of attacks against commercial targets, in which more than 150 people have died since last Sunday. The attack signals a tough battle ahead as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepare for the security operation, a third bid to pacify the capital since Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki took power on May 25. The week's deadliest attack killed 88 people Monday when a suicide car bomber crashed into a market in the central neighborhood of Bab al-Sharqi. Shortly before sunset Saturday, a rocket slammed into the Green Zone, wounding two people slightly. It was the second time in three days that rockets hit the area, home to the U.S. Embassy, the Iraqi government and thousands of American troops. In central Baghdad, police said armed men in police commando uniforms and driving cars with license plates commonly used by the Interior Ministry raided a computer shop in a Christian section of the Sina'a neighborhood. They took away four employees and three customers. "The group pointed their guns at the victims and the passers-by, then they forced the victims into the cars and they sped away," Younis Kadhim, 36, who owns a small restaurant nearby. Two mortar shells also slammed into a residential district in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Hurriyah, police said, killing two people and wounding seven others. A taxi driver was shot to death after he was caught in the crossfire during clashes in Mosul. A parked car bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol later exploded in the northern city, killing one civilian and wounding another. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:57:17 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=85.html Former President Jimmy Carter gave an interview with the German Magazine Der Spiegel about America's radical and unpressured departure from core policies and values of previous administrations. He spoke of no preemptive war strikes by the Bush administration. And when dicussing the trouble in the Middle East, President Carter said that Isreal attacks were unjustified. The interviewer asked him "Wasn't Israel attacked first?" Then President Carter said "I don't think Israel has any legal or moral justification to bomb Lebanon". Then he mentioned Israel holding 10,00 prisoners. The interview ended with the question about securing a lasting peace in the Middle East. Will the U.S. be an important factor in doing that? He replied that this present administration hasn't worked on securing a peaceful agreement at all. President Carter agreed about German soldiers being part of a peace keeping force in Isreal even with their history. President Carter said it should be ignored. He ended the interview talking about Fidel Castro, and the core values of America, and lessons learned from 9-11. Overall this interview has painted Israel in a negative light, and it has seemingly critical of the Bush administration. Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:55:40 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=84.html Bad Sign --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press Updated: 4:30 p.m. CT Aug 14, 2006 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. “We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza,” Fox News said in a statement. The men, along with a bodyguard, were parked near the headquarters of the Palestinian security services when two trucks filled with gunmen pulled up and boxed them in, according to the employee. The gunmen took the two out of their sports utility vehicle, which was marked “TV,” and drove away, he said. Major militant groups in Gaza denied having any connection to the abduction, and there was no immediate word of any demands made. Security officials put police across Gaza on alert to find the gunmen and free the journalists, said Interior Ministry spokesman Khaled Abu Hilal. “This is not acceptable at all,” he said. Several foreigners have been kidnapped in Gaza in recent months with their abductors demanding jobs from the Palestinian Authority or the release of people being held in Palestinian jails. All those kidnapped have been released within hours without harm. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:15:00 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=83.html Jesus H. Christ!!!!!! WTF??? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fierce military rivalry turns violent on street Wednesday, June 28, 2006 By Trymaine Lee The rivalry between the Army and the Marine Corps runs deep. But Tuesday morning, outside a hotel in the Central Business District, the usually friendly banter turned violent when a Marine veteran beat an Army vet with a baton then blasted him in the face with a .40-caliber handgun during an argument over who had served in the toughest branch, police said. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:07:15 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=82.html Police: Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Olympic team Committee chief and around 50 bodyguards and athletes reportedly taken Reuters July 15, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms abducted about 50 people, including the head of Iraq’s national Olympic committee, while they were holding a meeting in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said. Details of the mass abduction were sketchy, but police said the incident took place at a major conference center in central Baghdad. Some mass kidnappings reported by police have later turned out to be arrests made by other security departments. Police sources said the well-known Olympic Committee chief Ahmed al-Hadjiya and 21 bodyguards had been taken, along with some 30 athletes, by gunmen in blue camouflage uniforms who were driving official-looking four-wheel drive vehicles. A Reuters journalist saw a convoy of such vehicles with a large number of young people apparently under arrest driving at speed through the Karrada neighborhood close to the conference hall around 1.30 p.m. (5:30 a.m. ET). It was not clear if the incidents were related. Iraq’s Olympic Committee was dominated by Saddam Hussein’s son Uday until the U.S. invasion of 2003. Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:47:22 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=81.html BAGHDAD, Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings, has been killed in an air strike, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday, adding that his identity was confirmed by fingerprints and a look at his face. It was a major victory in the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the broader war on terror. Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:47:38 GMT http://www.secureaspects.com/forum/News/article/sid=80.html CHARLES WILSON Associated Press CONNERSVILLE, Ind. - A former eastern Indiana police officer was killed in Afghanistan when a suicide car bomber hit his vehicle while he was on a U.S. State Department police training project, his family said. Fri, 19 May 2006 06:47:01 GMT